Thursday, February 4, 2010

Israel attack Iran on Feb. 27-28, 2010

Could Israel attack Iran on Feb. 27-28, 2010?

There is much speculation about whether Israel will attack Iran in 2010. If they do, one possible time range could be during the Purim holiday. History shows that Israel won't target that date due to the Purim holiday; it will just happen. The God of Israel historically has major symbolic events take place on Jewish festival days.
For now, I have narrowed a possible strike date on Iran to between Feb. 27 and March 1, 2010, based on a biblical pattern. These dates are next year's Purim celebration a major Jewish event.
I am basing this on the Book of Esther in the Old Testament and some war activities by both Presidents Bush that coincided with the Jewish festival of Purim (see below).
Judaism 101:
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm
Purim is written of in the book of Esther in the Old Testament. The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia (today's Iran), and her cousin Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his daughter.
Esther was taken to the house of Ahasuerus, King of Persia, to become part of his harem. King Ahasuerus loved Esther more than his other women and made Esther queen, but the king did not know that Esther was a Jew, because Mordecai told her not to reveal her identity.
The villain of the story is Haman, an arrogant, egotistical advisor to the king. Haman hated Mordecai because Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman, so Haman plotted to destroy the Jewish people. In a speech that is all too familiar to Jews, Haman told the king, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your realm. Their laws are different from those of every other people's, and they do not observe the king's laws; therefore it is not befitting the king to tolerate them." Esther 3:8.
The king gave the fate of the Jewish people to Haman, to do as he pleased to them. Haman planned to exterminate all of the Jews.
Mordecai persuaded Esther to speak to the king on behalf of the Jewish people. This was a dangerous thing for Esther to do, because anyone who came into the king's presence without being summoned could be put to death, and she had not been summoned.
Esther fasted for three days to prepare her, and then went into the king. He welcomed her. Later, she told him of Haman's plot against her people. The Jewish people were saved, and Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai.
Haman, Saddam and Ahmadinejad
Haman was hung, Saddam Hussein was hung, and Ahmadinejad's fate will not be much different.
Purim 2010
Jewish holidays start the night before at sundown.
Purim in 2010 will start at sundown Saturday, Feb. 27, and will continue for two days until sundown, Monday, March 1.
Important details
On the first day of Purim, Jews battled their enemies for their lives (coinciding with Feb. 27-28 in 2010).
The day afterward, they celebrated their survival (coinciding with March 1, 2010).
So, in my initial estimation, if the hit takes place in 2010, it will happen on Feb. 27 or 28. If this is correct, it will most likely take place in the late evening while most of Iran is asleep. There is also a full moon from Feb 27 to March 1, which would help the Israeli Air Force.
Here are a few key recent connections to Purim:

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